Epic Pen Alternatives for Linux

Epic Pen is not available for Linux but there are a few alternatives that runs on Linux with similar functionality. The best Linux alternative is Ardesia, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to Epic Pen and four of them are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to Epic Pen are Gromit-MPX, Pylote and ScreenPen.

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Epic Pen alternatives are mainly Digital Painting Tools, but if you're looking for Screenshot Capture Tools you can filter on that. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Epic Pen.
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Enhance your workspace with epic Pen's screen writing features. Offering annotation tools, hotkey support, and offline access for Windows to mark up anything on your desktop.

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Epic Pen alternatives page was last updated Oct 17, 2024
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  1. Ardesia icon
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    Ardesia is an usefull software for use your desktop as a Sketchpad. You can write, markup and erase, also, of course, you can use your desktop as normal desktop.

    9 Ardesia alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    Discontinued

    According to website, no new version since 2012, latest issue reported was 2015.Just tested in Ubuntu 18.04, doesn't work. Was also reported to not work in Ubuntu 14.04.

    Ardesia Features

    1.  Video Maker

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    Comments about Ardesia as an Alternative to Epic Pen
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    Positive May 28, 2020
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    because it helps me make my videos better.

    Guest
    Positive May 28, 2020
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    Draw, record and have fun!

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    • Most users think Ardesia is a great Epic Pen alternative.

    • Ardesia is the most popular Linux alternative to Epic Pen.

    • Ardesia is Free and Open SourceEpic Pen is Freemium and Proprietary
  2. Gromit-MPX icon
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    Gromit-MPX is an on-screen annotation tool that works with any Unix desktop environment under X11 as well as Wayland.

    14 Gromit-MPX alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Ubuntu

    Gromit-MPX Features

    1.  Annotate Screenshot
    2.  Grease Pencil

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    Pylote is a software making it possible to draw on the screen of the computer, like handling various instruments of geometry.

    9 Pylote alternatives

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Python

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  4. ScreenPen icon
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    Screen annotation software which allows drawing directly on the screen. It is an open source and multiplatform (all systems that support Python) alternative to tools such as Epic Pen.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

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